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Atwood has a good way of making the future seem scary. In Oryx and Crake she shows us a world completely changed from the world we live in today that is completely changed by science. Nothing about the lives that these characters lives in seems pleasing. Much like in Oryx and Crake, the lives of the characters in The Handmaid's Tale seem horrible. Everything about that book is odd. Just the thought that society could end up that way is scary. I'm still not exactly sure how or why things ended up that way in The Handmaid's Tale, but I think if I knew I might be able to understand the book a lot better. It's kind of ironic, the way she describes our lifestyle today makes us seem like the bad generation, the one that we should be scared to live in, yet when I read this book, it is completely opposite; I would hate to live in the world she has created for the future. It's seems as if people have completely lost their freedom. In both of Atwood's books it seems like she doesn't have a positive outlook for the future, like she is convinced things are going to get worse over time.
All You Zombies was very wierd. I had to read it a few times over just so I could grasp what was happening. Im not sure what this author envisions of the future, but if the future is anywhere near as confusing as this story was, Im in for some trouble.
I don't think that the future will be like any of these stories. Yes, I think that science will progress greatly, but not to the point that we are mixing breeds of animals or inventing diseases. I don't think we will have a society that is based around scientific research like the society in Oryx and Crake. I also don't think that women will end up being used as vessels for birthing and nothing else like in The Handmaid's Tale. I pretty much think the idea of time travel is ridiculous, as interesting as it is I don't see how it's possible, so I don't really expect time travel in the future.